TimB

Officially a trace of snow at PIT today.

As I recall, we did the same in the first half of May 2017. I remember a day or two that struggled to get out of the 40s, which is what this looks like. Not 2020 levels by any stretch, but still pretty cold. Regardless of intensity, it does seem to have a little staying power, especially on the Euro ensemble. The trough reloads and swings back through later next week and it stays troughy in the east through the end of the run.

Warmest April is in the bag. We’re running a degree and a half ahead of 2017 with just two days left in the month, which, although chilly, will still allow us to finish close to a full degree ahead.

Update to the warm lows: we are now at 8 days with lows in the 60s. No other year in the entire period of record, KPIT or not, has had more than 5 through today’s date. Lastly, today is the 15th day of this year with a high of 75 or above, which is the most through today’s date, pulling ahead of 1945 which had 14. No other year had more than 9. The median number of 75 degree days through today’s date is 2.

Also with the window for measurable snow this month likely closed, the 0.2” we’ve received combined over the past 4 Aprils is the second lowest total April snowfall over a 4 year span (1945-1948 had just a trace in each year).

Potential seems to be increasing for a 6 day stretch next week where PIT doesn’t drop below 60. That has never occurred in April.

Daily record warm low secured (62). This is tied with 3/27/1998 as the only days this early in the season to have a low of 62 or higher in the Pittsburgh International era. This is also already the third day this year with a low in the 60s, moving ahead of last year for the most so early in the season at Pittsburgh International (1952-present). These are the only years to have more than one. Number of days on or before April 3rd to have a low in the 60s at Pittsburgh International: 1952-2024: 4 2025-2026: 5 This is getting to be like the steroid era in baseball.

5th warmest March on record in the Pittsburgh International era (1952-present), just behind 2025 and just ahead of 2024. So 3 of the top 6 in those 74 years have been consecutive.

Update: @RevWarReenactoris out of the hospital but faces a long road ahead. He’s in the care of some good doctors but faces surgery in a few weeks and could be looking at dialysis in the near future. But to be clear, it’s the result of a birth defect, not lifestyle choices. It wasn’t the Big Arch!

The current temperature of 83 at PIT is tied for second warmest March day on record, and is the earliest in the season that we’ve ever reached 83. Edit: we’ve now at least tied the monthly record of 84, set on 3/25/1929.

It’s my understanding that he’s out of the hospital now but facing surgery and uncertain recovery. His house also got damaged by the severe storms the other day, so insult to injury.

Pray for @RevWarReenactor. I have been tasked with the unpleasant duty of informing you all that he is currently in the hospital with a severe kidney stone episode that has possibly led to kidney failure after eating a Big Arch and it’s questionable if he’s going to make it. I know some in this sub don’t see eye to eye with him but he’s still human and some things transcend message board drama.

Yesterday was only the 2nd calendar day on or after March 16th to get 6+” of snow in the past 70 years. The other was of course that day in 2018.

Official NWS obs was 6.3”. We officially got to warning level out of this thing.

Lucking into a semi-respectable March snow total from one overperforming event in what has otherwise been a torchy, April-like month is really something. That puts the official seasonal total over 50”.